Astronomy at the Manchester International Festival

The Manchester International Festival kicked off at sunrise this morning and will run through until sunset on Sunday. Activities will run throughout this period – no breaks. The events include music, visual arts, theatre, dance, food and family events, some indoor and some outdoor, many created or performed by internationally acclaimed artists.. and me.

I will be hosting a free guided tour of the night sky for about an hour at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Starting at 1am on Sunday 7th July it will include a practical view of the night sky in the park at the back of Whitworth Art Gallery and talk will cover Manchester’s connections with

and the founding of the first astronomical societies in Britain – here in the northwest England . Still active today in Liverpool, Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Sale & Altrincham, Macclesfield, Blackpool, Southport.

It starts at 1am on Sunday morning. Free – meet at the main entrance of Whitworth Art Gallery.